Current Evidence on Non-caloric Sweeteners and their Health Implications

Speakers

Organizers

Catherine Cioffi, RD

Formerly PepsiCo, Inc., now Laney Graduate School, Emory University

Danielle Greenberg, PhD, FACN

PepsiCo, Inc.

Mireille Mclean, MA, MPH

The Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science

Julie Shlisky, PhD

The Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science

F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, MD

Columbia University

Barry Popkin, PhD

The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Speakers

Kiyah Duffey, PhD

Virginia Tech

Kiyah is Director of Global Scientific Affairs with LA Sutherland group and adjunct faculty in the department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise at Virginia Tech. Kiyah’s research has focused on understanding the determinants of dietary intake and the long-term associations between dietary intake patterns, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and metabolic syndrome. Her academic research has influenced various local and state policies and been featured in Men’s Health Magazine, USA Today, the BBC News, and on NPR’s Morning Edition, Good Morning America, and the NBC Nightly News. Prior to joining LA Sutherland group, Kiyah served as consultant to national policy and scientific organizations as well as non-governmental organizations and food companies on issues including the use and implementation of USDA dietary databases, conducting policy scans to identify opportunities in the early care and education space, and identifying a scientific evidence-base for FDA labeling claims. Kiyah brings this lens to her work at LA Sutherland group, providing counsel and expertise in research and analytic needs to their clients. Prior to her appointment at Virginia Tech, she was research faculty in the Department of Nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Kiyah holds a doctoral degree in nutritional epidemiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a bachelor’s degree in psychology and neuroscience from Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, ME. She is an active member of the Obesity Society, American Society for Nutrition, and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Gary D. Foster, PhD

Weight Watchers International, Inc.

Gary Foster, Ph.D., is the Chief Scientific Officer at Weight Watchers International, Inc.  Foster, a psychologist, obesity investigator and behavior change expert, was previously the Founder and Director of the Center of Obesity Research and Education and Laura Carnell Professor of Medicine, Public Health and Psychology at Temple University in Philadelphia. Prior to Temple, he served as a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He has authored more than 175 scientific publications and three books on the etiology and treatment of obesity. In 2014, Dr. Foster was awarded the George A. Bray Founders Award by The Obesity Society, which recognizes significant contributions to advance the scientific or clinical basis for understanding or treating obesity, and for extensive involvement with the Society.

Dr. Foster's research interests include the prevention, behavioral determinants, treatments, and effects of obesity in adults and children. His current focus is on scalable, evidence based approaches to obesity management. Foster earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Duquesne University, an M.S. in Psychology from University of Pennsylvania, and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Temple University.

John Glendinning, PhD

Barnard College

John Glendinning studies the physiological mechanisms that control feeding in animals. Most of his projects focus on the contribution of taste to feeding, but he has recently begun to explore the effects of chemosensory feedback from the gut. He obtained his PhD from the University of Florida, and received postdoctoral training at Florida State University and the University of Arizona. He is currently a Professor of Biology at Barnard College, Columbia University.

Rick Mattes, PhD, MPH, RD

Purdue University

Dr. Mattes is a Distinguished Professor of Nutrition Science at Purdue University, Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine and Affiliated Scientist at the Monell Chemical Senses Center.  His research focuses on the areas of hunger and satiety, regulation of food intake in humans, food preferences, human cephalic phase responses and taste and smell. At Purdue University, Dr. Mattes is the Director of the University Public Health Program and the Ingestive Behavior Research Center.  He also holds numerous external responsibilities including:  Associate editor of American Journal of Clinical Nutrition; editorial board of Chemosensory Perception, Ear, Nose and Throat Journal and Flavour.  He is also Secretary of the Rose Marie Pangborn Sensory Science Scholarship Fund.  He has received multiple awards, most recently the Babcock-Hart Award from the Institute of Food Technologists.  He has authored over 250 publications.  Dr. Mattes earned an undergraduate degree in biology and a Masters degree in Public Health from the University of Michigan as well as a doctorate degree in Human Nutrition from Cornell University.  He conducted post-doctoral studies at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the Monell Chemical Senses Center.